Totally Papercrafts Challenge #213

Happy Friday! It's been a while since I've been able to participate, so I'm especially excited to bring you a new Totally Papercrafts challenge! This week's challenge is a fun one - Pastel (i.e., use pastel colors in your card). This is a perfect challenge for the upcoming Easter holiday. So for my card, I chose this adorable chick from the DigiStamp Boutique Cute Chicklets - Easter collection.

I just love this little guy!

You remember the drill - hop on over to the Totally Papercrafts challenge blog to check out the rest of the design teams' fab projects, leave them a little papercrafting love and then join us for a chance to win a prize from this week's sponsor - Stamp and Create.
Lisa

One Krafty Card

I was so excited when Kimmie decided to celebrate KK's 2nd birthday with the chance to be a Krafty Girl! Even one day earning a spot as a guest designer would put me over the moon! Deciding to play along with the challenge was the easy part. Choosing my favorite KK stamp was the hard part! Which to choose? The graceful Bird Fairy?  The swimmingly beautiful Arianna? Wild and wacky Charlotte? Beach beauty Eleanor? Too many favorites – only one contest! So, I had to go with my heart and pick my sentimental favorite - Eleanor. Eleanor has always made me think of my Nana, Evelyn.

I created this card using the current Kraftin Kimmie challenge – Monochromatic. Like Kimmie herself, I did sneak a little blue into my card. While creating my card, I stumbled across these beautiful Madeline papers from Prima that I had purchased a while ago. They were perfect for the vintage look I was going for and nicely accented the flowers in Eleanor's swim cap.

The coloring on this card is, admittedly, quite different from my usual style. I was inspired by this Faux Charcoal tutorial from the Deconstructing Jen site. It made me think of this photo of my grandparents when they were young:

 (I joke that my grandfather had better legs than my grandmother, lol!)

 Whether I make the KK team or not, I had a lot of fun making this card. :)

Lisa

Kraftin Kimmie Christmas

That Kraftin Kimmie is really making me work hard for those challenges! ;-) First, there was the Halloween-inspired "Make It SPOOKY" challenge. I didn't have any KK Halloween stamps so I came up with this card using the slightly creepy Charlotte.

Then came this week's challenge - Christmas in September. Guess what? No KK Christmas stamp. So I once again put on my thinking cap (after blowing off the dust, lol!) and came up with this card using Lavender the Quilter:

I thought the "Warmest Wishes" sentiment tied together the quilt theme along with the holiday theme. And I used some of my Basic Grey Jovial 6X6 pad along with a red and green color scheme to complete the holiday feeling.

Of course, I won't have to worry about not having the right stamp for the next Christmas challenge. I was one of the lucky winners of the most Holiday Krafty Hop! Lucky, lucky me! :)

See you tomorrow for the milk carton box tutorial!
Lisa

Seeing Red!!!

No, I'm not having a fit of anger, LOL! Seeing Red is the theme of this week's Kraftin' Kimmie challenge! :) This card is also my entry into Cute Card Thursday's Hearts and Flowers challenge and Sweet Sketch Wednesday's Sketch 88 challenge.

Supplies: Posey (Kraftin' Kimmie), Sweetheart dp (DCWV), scallop border punch (Fiskars), heart shaped brads (Recollections), Copics, ribbon.

I knew I had to use Posey for this challenge. I even gave her red hair, in honor of this week's theme. ;-)
Lisa

The Third Time's the Charm?

Drum roll please.... Post #3 for today! Woo-hoo! (Check here for my Magnolia card and here for my DSB card.)

This card is for the January sketch on Jen del Muro's i{heart}2stamp blog, part of her SFYTT (Sketch For You To Try) monthly challenge.  The sponsor was The Cat's Pajamas and although we didn't have to use their stamps, I am a TCP fan and was happy to use some TCP stamps on my card.

I just love those little TCP penguins! They always look like they're having such a good time!

Magnolia Recipe Challenge

Wow, two posts in one day! (Scroll down to see my weekly DigiStamp Boutique card.) It's been a while since I participated in a challenge, so I decided to play along with this recipe challenge from the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog.

The recipe called for 4 flowers, 3 different patterned papers, 2 Magnolia stamps and 1 ribbon. I paired this adorable Tilda with the Magnolia bench. (I love that stamp - it looks so cute with all the sitting Tildas & Edwards!)  Although the green paper looks solid it actually has a very subtle floral pattern on it. The green and paisley papers are both from the Tiffany stack by We R Memory Keepers. Other supplies: pink swirl dp (Paper Studio), flowers (Prima), ribbon (Michaels), leaf punch (MS), copper brads, pop-dots and Copic markers.

Oops!

I finished my Wednesday with Wings card Monday, photographed it on Tuesday but completely forgot to schedule my post for today! I remembered at work - eek! This will be a fast post, because I have to go back to work shortly to sell tickets for tonight's basketball game.

This week's card has a definite vintage feel from the dainty violets (Flower Trio set) to the rich vintage papers (Juliette SWIC with Kraft & Ivory TAC cardstock). I used Prismacolor pencils and OMS to color in the images. (I don't have the right Coic colors. My purple selection is growing, but it's not there yet.)

Other supplies: Burnt Umber Palette ink, MS daisy border punch, dark brown ribbon, flat-backed pearls, distressing tool

That's So Groovy!

This week's Angel Company card is also my entry for the "That's So Groovy" challenge over on TAC's Paper Crafting Community.

 

Supplies: Merriest Wishes, Miss Moxie SWIC, Scarlet cardstock, Copic markers, orange brads

Whoa! That's one colorful snowman! :)

Aqua Amigos

The Aqua Amigos have come out to play in this week's Challenge Focus on the PWCO blog! For my challenge, I used this fun sketch from Taylored Expressions.

I thought it was the perfect sketch to showcase some of my favorite PWCO stamps, the Aqua Amigos!

I just love those guys!!!!

Supplies: Ollie the Octopus, Carlos the Crab and Tommy the Turtle - Aqua Amigos (PWCO), dp (My Minds Eye), cardstock, border punch (EK Success), buttons (Doodlebug), twine, Copics.

SSW51 - Prairie Fairy

Hi! Welcome to another Sweet Sketch Wednesday! This week’s sketch is sponsored by Prairie Fairy Designs.

For my card, I used this adorable mouse image, Little Miss Mousy:

 

Did you know? Sweet Sketch Wednesday is a few weeks away from its one year anniversary. Yay! We are all gearing up for the big celebration…. our

 

One Year Anniversary Blog Hop to be held on June 9-15.

Be sure to tell all your friends and remember to play along as there will be 12 prizes plus a grand prize.

For this week, go ahead and hop on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to check out the other design team members’ cards.  Then join us in trying out this week’s sketch for a chance to win a great prize from Prairie Fairy Designs!

SSW50 - DigiStamp Boutique

Hi! Welcome to another Sweet Sketch Wednesday! This week’s sketch is sponsored by Sally-Ann Hancock  of DigiStamp Boutique.

For my card, I used the versatile Single Flower image:

Want to see some great cards? Hop on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to check out the other design team members’ cards.  Then join us in trying out this week’s sketch for a chance to win 10 free images from Sally-Ann's DigiStamp Boutique.

I Scream, You Scream....

We all scream for ice cream! This week's Kraftin' Kimmie challenge is inspired by the colors of Neopolitan ice cream - pink, chocolate and vanilla. I always picture "Emelia" wearing a brown leather bomber jacket, so I knew she was the image I wanted to use.

Supplies: Emelia (Kraftin' Kimmie), greeting (TAC), dp (SU!), flourish die (QuicKutz), corner punch
(SU!), Prima and Making Memories flowers, antique copper brad, Copic markers, pop-dots, ivory and brown cs.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Welcome back to another Sweet Sketch Wednesday! This week's sketch is sponsored by Pixie Dust Studio.

I used one of the "It's a Girl Thing" images - "Let's Play Dress Up". The pink cardstock is "Hibiscus Burst" from PTI. The other papers are from my scrap stash. The ribbon is from Michaels as is this fun heart embellishment. They were on clearance. I got a 4 pack of hearts for 50 cents! I would've bought more if they had them.

After checking out the other DT cards on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog, be sure to play along for your chance at two digital images of your choice!

Another TCP Challenge Card

I'm trying to participate in all of the TCP Tuesday challenges this month. This is my entry for the sketch challenge. It's a little too pink even for me, but sometimes you just have to go for it and see how it turns out.

Busy Week, Busy Beauties....

Whew, here it is Wednesday already! This is a busy week for me. I'm glad it's half over already!

I'm also glad that it's Wednesday because that means it's time for another Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch! Here's this week's sketch, which is being sponsored by Busy Beauties Boutique.

 

I chose the "Baking Beauty" image for my card:

Head on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to see the other DT members' cards.  Join us in this week's challenge for your chance at 3 free images of your choice from Busy Beauties Boutique!

Dotty Over Polka Dots

Although I have a major weakness for stripes, I also love polka dotted paper. When I decided to play along with this inspiration challenge from The Cats Pajamas blog, I chose the polka dots as my theme.

I chose this paper because of its dots and the sunny colors that support the surf/beach theme. (I just love this paper and have hoarded it ever since I bought it!) I used buttons and a circle sentiment to reinforce the "dots" theme. The ribbon is kind of a "fun find" - it had been used to tie together a stack of dish towels that I'd bought at Target.

A Colorful Challenge

The current challenge on the Embellish Magazine blog is being sponsored by a great new online store, Practicing Creativity Designs, which carries their own line of stamps as well as May Arts ribbon The challenge requires the use of pink, blue, green and yellow and also embossing (heat or dry). It's sort of faint, but you can see the shadow along the right hand side of my image where I used my Nesties die to emboss the image after diecutting it.

Supplies: "Quirky Flowers" by DigiStamp Boutique, cs - Citrus Stack by DCWV, buttons from American Crafts, Nestabilities Label One die, green ribbon, Prismacolor pencils with OMS, pink cs scrap from my stash.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

This week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch has a slightly different twist to it. The image is cut into an oval and matted with a circle.

We're lucky enough to be sponsored once again by Sally-Ann of DigiStamp Boutique. For this week's card I chose the uber-cute Poppy. 

Head on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday  blog and check out the rest of the design team's cards. Then play along for a chance to win $10 in digi images from Sally-Ann's shop!

Hoppy Sunday!

The Just Magnolia blog is celebrating their first birthday with a blog hop sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. They are giving away an awesome prize package! All you have to do to enter is create a card using this great sketch:

The circles made me think of this sweet Tilda with ladybug:

I won those big red rhinestones in some blog candy a while ago. I didn't think I'd ever use them, but they were just the right size for this project. It just goes to show that if you keep something long enough, you'll eventually find a use for it. Or at least we crafters like to tell ourselves that. ;-)

A Girl and Her Dog (and her coffee, too!)

I had a lot of fun with this week's sketch, which is sponsored by Tracey Malnofski of The Stamping Boutique.


For my card, I used Jennifer Latte with daschund. I just love this image! I also had fun using my brand new Martha Stewart daisy border punch. I just love it!


Be sure to visit the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to check out the rest of the design team's cards. Play along with this week's sketch for a chance to win 3 free digi's from The Stamping Boutique!